term, it s going to take a very comprehensive approach looking at lots of different angles. i mean the person versus the gun, bob schrum, you heard congresswoman mccarthy say look, it s a myth that the 94 assault weapons ban hurt democrats politically. the reality is that we may believe that it s just lunacy for somebody who arm up like that but there s not really a gun control debate in politics anymore. no, it isn t. i think the issue is settled. i admire the congresswoman. i was on a phone call with house speaker foley, dick gephardt and the president when he decided to push ahead with the assault weapons ban and the brady bill, which have now both expired. foley and gephardt said this is going to cost us a lot of democratic seats in the midterm and it did. the numbers have gotten worse since then. the situation has gotten worse. you can t even get congress to prohibit people who are on the terrorist watch list from buying weapons, they won t accept that. david, you re right, w
gun, bob schrum, you heard congresswoman mccarthy say look, it s a myth that the 94 assault weapons ban hurt democrats politically. the reality is that we may believe that it s just lunacy for somebody who arm up like that but there s not really a gun control debate in politics anymore. no, it isn t. i think the issue is settled. i was on a phone call with house speaker foley, dick gephardt and the president when he decided to push ahead with the assault weapons ban and the brady bill, which have now both expired. foley and gephardt said this is going to cost us a lot of democratic seats in the midterm and it did. the situation has gotten worse. you can t even get congress to prohibit people who are on the terrorist watch list from buying weapons, they won t accept that. david, you re right, we re going to have to focus on the person because we re not going to be able to do anything about the guns. we ve reached a state of stopping on this issue and we re not going to move on. it